The Dickinson press., 1887-05-21

tilc, Iut Ills room was cold, and
cut him short, and told him there was no
need of further apology; while he fumbled
over hls bag, L went 10 the stove to make
double assurance that the fire was all right.
offered to light a match for him, but he
said ne had got his dress, and oil was right
lie then went out, and closed and locked
.he ooor alter him, aud then got back into
bed.
But was not to sleep. l had been very
sleepy Wien Shaw disturbed mo. But an en-.
trely different feeling possessed me now First
came nervous twitc,ing in nv limbs. a
"cEtwlN' feeling. MS some express it: that scn-
satlon which induces gaping and vowninr.
out which no amount of yawning could now
suhdur by and by sense of nightmare
stole upon me; and, though perfectly awake,
I, sense as OF impending danger possessed me.
-Ai length so uncomfortable did become in
my fer'lmbcnt position that l arose and
llsh'ea my lamp, resolved to rcplenish NV
IRE, aid dress myself, and see if l could rcau
away my nervous fit
Wy amp was lighted, and as returned to
'''c ''''Si,'n ior my slippers, my attention was
''''f''et'u hy Il string which lay upon the car
per- IL string leading from the bed to the
.'"'''. stopped To examine it and found it
East at bo;h ends. l brought the lamp, and
'" 4 Il l!i"Ic careful survey. The string was
IL 'l'Ic s'!Nrh trout il'c, Eew and strong, ono
eh't OF which disappeared beneath the bed,
ana the other beneath thu door In NV then
present condition | was suspicious of evil.
AM" my seiS''S We're painfully keen Raising
the hanging edge of the rovcrlct looked un-
drr the bed. The carpet bng which Lalan
Si!aw had left there, partly open, with
tn" sllken line leading out from it. What
could it mean! Had the man ucci-
IDENTIFY carried the end of the line away with
hls night dress without noticing it? drew
ii! bag cut from beneath the bed, and rs |
held its jaws apart l saw, within, a tlou,ie
!i;'ireled pistol, both hammers cooked, bright
percussion caps cleaning upon the tubes,
while the siikrn line, with double cnd, was
mad" fast to the triggers. And saw that
TN" iAl'zzle OF the pistol barrels were inserted
INTO the end of nn oblon- box, or case, of
galvanized iron. And conlprchcnde,l, too
'lat a Very slight pull upon that string
n'@ht lave discharged the pistol, an,l there
,"'"' tl'i'' man outside of my door might
have done that thing.
fer ilttle Tim" my hands trcmbled 50 that
cared not touch the internal contriyauce.
'ut at length composed myself and went ut
work. First, cut the string with my knife.
i
down the hammers of the pistol. after which
drew it from the iron case. had inst, ,lono
this when | heard Il step in the hall outsiio
my door. Quick as thought sprans up and
turned tho key, and threw tho door open. and
'"fore me, revealed by the light of nv own
lamp. stood 1aban Shaw. He was frightened
When h" saw Inc, and trcnlblc,l like nn aspen.
was stronger than lie ut amy time. and now
Ii" was child in my hands. l CRASHED him
by The collar and dragged him into my room
and l point"! the double burreletl pistol Mt
his breast, and told him / would shoot him
as would shoot dog if hr gave me occasion.
he was abirrt and terrified Like q
whipn'l cur he rrawi,sl at nv feet and
begged for mercy. His master had hired
liin I" do il with promise of great reward. Tt
hal tr;lilSl'ii''l that my testimony before tho
iti, wt'i'l he conclusive of Buttcrworth,s
:;'i!f, and Buttorworth had taken this means
'"1sot rid Of me. In his great terror the moor
az ,n!'liec made Il full confession, and when
i" Lao! told all, released my grasp Ic
H. .-sed that l would lot him 60, Int i dared
't--my duty would not allow.it. Irau-tl,n
bell, a',l i'll time the hostlrr, who slept in thc
'''iir" answered my summons. l sent him
1 an oilf"er, and at length had the yatis
iar'!"n of seeing my prisoner led safely
away.
On the following day the carpet bag was
'#',rn htor" the grand jury and the iron case
"N;'l:iii' s'v an experienced chemist, assisted
u, AN Oh! ;:'inorcr from 1ic arsenal 1t WAS
lHah'i 10 contain !. illuminate of mercury.
ini:ltl with hits of ir"ii and it was the opin
!a"''. t"tf! t'lc chemist and the arlnoror that
Tie power of the terrific explosive agent had
ii ''""n i=ilitc'l, as it was placed, beneath nv
''efi. would not only have been sufficient ia
blow Ele 10 atoms. hut that it would ,lso]avn
literally STRIPPED and silivcred to fragnru..,
ali Of th.' house above it,
And II single pull Of the silken string would
have been slif'ent to this horrible end, And
Lat for my nervous wal:ins-nly incubus of
fpf"i"'iii.5--;lle destroyer would have come:
III" fatal cord would have been touched. the
!line sprung and should have been launched
ii't" eternity is if on the lightning's bolt.
And 50 Gabriel Hu'tcrwortll did not pro.
cure tie destruction of my testimony. Int
throasl! that testimony, til grand jury fonnd
catS' for Indictment of far graver character
t!liin had at first been anicipatetl; and Of
,lio-" sraver charges he was convicted. S,th
!j.i'loi! received harl, the fun sum he had in
trusted to the false mans care. and shortly
;tftcrwalrl | entered into business with Linn
and today Seth Damon and are partners
l.taan Shaw came out from prison and went
7 Idaho. | have not heard of him since
Gabriel Butterworth did not live 10 serve ont
bis full term of sentence.-Ioronto Mail.